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The workers of a Amazon warehouse in Garner, North Carolina, voted against the unionization in the electoral results announced today.
According to Carolina Amazonians United for solidarity and empowerment (cause), the group of workers who seeks to form the union, 3,276 tickets were launched In the elections, with 25.3% of the votes in favor of the unionization and 74.7% against. The results must still be certified by the National Board of Labor Relations (NLRB).
In A statement provided to CNBCCausa attributed the results to “Amazon’s will to break the law,” stating: “Amazon’s relentless and illegal efforts to intimidate us to demonstrate that this company fears the workers who join to claim our power.”
Amazon spokeswoman Eileen Hards denied that the company had violated the laws and said: “We are happy that our team in Garner could listen to their voices and chose to maintain a direct relationship with Amazon.”
The workers of a Amazon warehouse in Staten Island voted to unionize in 2022, and the workers in an location of Philadelphia of Whole Foods, owned by Amazon, also voted in favor of the unionization earlier this year. The grocery chain has asked the NLRB to put aside those results.
Meanwhile, Amazon’s lawyers recently He joined Spacex in a legal challenge to the structure of the NLRB.
